National Weather Forecast: Showers And Storms In East

Taking a look at Saturday to start with and the national map shows up this large system with showers and storms attached to this front and trough through eastern Australia that's going to move offshore pretty quickly on Saturday morning for southern New South Wales and Victoria, but showers and storms will linger through northern New South Wales and southern Queensland on Saturday afternoon. Pretty dry through the middle of the country under this ridge of high pressure. You see those showers and storms extending up through north-western Queensland and into the territory. And further south-west, cool conditions with a few showers around for the west and south coast of Western Australia.

Let's take a look around the grounds now, starting with Queensland, where you can see those showers and storms extending through the southern inland of Queensland in the first half of tomorrow. That'll reach the south-east coast, including Brisbane, the Gold Coast and maybe the Sunshine Coast later in the day on Saturday, with showers and possible storms in the mix there, Brisbane going for a top of 31 degrees. You can see conditions will be mostly dry north of about Noosa, so really pleasant conditions along the east coast. Further north, Cairns going for a top of 31 and mostly dry conditions all along the coast there and you can see the showers and storms extending up right up to Mount Isa in the north-west, as well. So, starting to get more of a springlike feel with that inland trough, driving showers and storms all the way from Mount Isa down through Roma and Toowoomba and down towards the south-east coast on Saturday.

For New South Wales and the ACT, again you see that system bringing the wet weather early in the day generally. So Sydney and Canberra will see rain and showers in the early morning and then a mostly dry day to follow, with Sydney going for a top of 30 degrees and Canberra heading for a top of 23. We'll see those showers and storms linger about the ranges, particularly north of the Hunter Valley, also with showers and afternoon storms there, with some storms getting through to the coast around Coffs Harbor, particularly in Port Macquarie. Some of those storms could bring 15 to 25 mm of rain, particularly around the New England Tablelands, which will be most welcome, it's been a really dry year up there.

Moving down to Victoria now, and again you see patchy early morning rain. Not much in the in the gauges for Melbourne, if anything really, and then a dry day as that rain moves offshore in the morning hours. Mostly dry across the state, just a couple of little showers later in the day around the south-west. Mild temperatures, westerly winds, 21 degrees for Melbourne, mostly in the high teens and low 20s and nudging up into the mid 20s further north.

For Tasmania, you see that rain and showers again in the morning and then clearing offshore, so the wet weather will ease, particularly for the west and north that's where the bulk of the wet weather will be, and then the showers will pick up again on the west coast later, with a weak front clipping the Tasmanian coast there later on Saturday. Hobart, maybe just a shower in the morning, but probably not much in it, if anything again, and then a top of 21 with a mostly dry day.

For South Australia, it's a very different situation tomorrow to what South Australia is seeing today. Dry conditions for pretty much the whole state, just a couple of little showers around the exposed coast, particularly down around Mount Gambier, but a dry day for most. Adelaide a top of 21 degrees, maybe one or two showers around, but again, mostly dry. Temperatures getting up into the high 20s and low 30s as you head further north.

In Western Australia, remaining quite cool for this time of year with temperatures still 6 to 7 to 8 degrees below average, even right across the South West Land Division in the high teens and the low 20s. A couple of showers along the west coast and the south coast, and then extending through parts of the Wheatbelt during the daytime hours, but only a couple of millimeters here or there. Nothing to substantial in the gauges across Western Australia.

And finishing in the north for Saturday, showers and storms through Tennant Creek and up through the western Top End, north of Alice Springs most likely is a slight risk of a storm there, but, again, nothing substantial likely in the gauges. Darwin, 34 degrees a top there and mostly sunny. So storms staying mostly south of Darwin, and a few storms extending into the northern Kimberley as well.

And taking a look ahead at Sunday's weather, the 11th of October, we'll see another cold front start to develop through South Australia. You can see this trough system here, so that's really going to stand up on Sunday and extend another system with showers, storms and rain through South Australia on Sunday. And then we'll see that move into the eastern states later on Sunday, particularly for western Victoria and western Tasmania. So it's a bit of a carbon copy of the system we've seen on Friday and into Saturday.

Elsewhere, there's a few showers and storms around the hills through south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales, but pretty dry conditions for both Brisbane and Sydney. Dry also in Melbourne, warming up a little there and in Hobart. Perth remains in that cool westerly flow, with only a top of 20 degrees and Adelaide warming up significantly ahead of that trough system, a top of 29 degrees there and a sunny top of 35 degrees in Darwin.

That's all we've got for you today, have a great weekend. Stay safe if you're getting out and about, and we'll see you again next week for more of these videos. Thanks for watching.